KUALA LUMPUR: The Attorney-General's Chambers (A-GC) has objected to a bid by Teoh Beng Hock's family for leave to initiate a judicial review to compel police to investigate his death as murder.

The judicial review application was filed by the late political aide's brother, Teoh Meng Kee, and their parents, Teoh Leong Hwee and Teng Shuw Hoi.

They named the Inspector-General of Police, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) director, the police, the Attorney-General, and the Malaysian government as the first to fifth respondents.

Federal Counsel Mohammad Salehuddin Md Ali, representing all respondents, argued that the applicants failed to file their application within the prescribed period.